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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1907
Page
9
Local notice indicates Algona Milling and Grain Co offers top market price for grain. The ad mentions barley and barcor, urging farmers to sell at the best rate available.
Senator Peterson's bill making railroads bear the cost of building or rebuilding bridges across drainage ditches has become law. It amends prior drainage provisions and applies to all pending proceedings, asserting that such costs are a debt personally due from the railroad company and that benefits to railroad property will be assessed by commissioners. The measure faced stiff railroad opposition but is deemed vital for drainage sections of the state.
A poem depicts a ragged mother and child on a wet street. A strong young man helps the woman cross, then learns she is somebody's mother and vows to help her son. The scene ends with the boy's pride and a noble reminder of care for the vulnerable. Also an old private sale notice lists furniture, harnesses, and a driving mare for cash or notes by L. W. Stock.
The Humboldt and Kossuth counties boards met at the joint session on March 21 1907 to open bids for construction of Joint Drainage Districts Nos 1 and 2. Bids from Lehigh Clay Product Co Parks and Gerber and others were read. contracts proposed to Carter Bros and B J Sweatt were awarded. resolutions authorized joint signing and auditing actions. The meeting adjourned to await further notices and bond approvals.
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